{"id":36171,"date":"2026-01-28T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/28\/man-disrupts-ilhan-omar-event-in-minnesota\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:49:00","slug":"man-disrupts-ilhan-omar-event-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/28\/man-disrupts-ilhan-omar-event-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Man disrupts Ilhan Omar event in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man charged at Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan \u200bOmar and sprayed a foul-smelling liquid on her during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday as she condemned the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota. Video showed a man surging \u2060toward the U.S. lawmaker at the lectern and spraying a stream of liquid at her. \u200cA large man immediately \u2060grabbed him and took him to the ground. Omar took a few steps toward the man with her hand raised \u200dbefore he was subdued and she continued her presentation after a brief break.       Minneapolis police said officers at the scene observed the man use a syringe to spray an \u2060unknown liquid at Omar. Police immediately arrested him for third-degree assault and said Omar was uninjured. Forensic scientists responded to process the scene, police said.       &#8220;He sprayed something on her,&#8221; a woman at the town hall could be \u200cheard saying, while at least one woman commented on the foul odor. &#8220;I need a napkin,&#8221; Omar remarked as the man was<br \/>taken away, before she said, &#8220;We will \u2060continue.&#8221;       Omar was criticizing ICE and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when the man charged at her and called for her to resign in the wake of the shooting death of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in recent weeks during \u2060President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration enforcement surge.       &#8220;ICE cannot be reformed, it cannot be rehabilitated, we must abolish ICE for good, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment,&#8221; Omar \u200dsaid as the crowd in the town hall applauded.       The man then charged at her and sprayed the liquid at her before saying: &#8220;You must resign.&#8221;       Omar has frequently come under political \u200cattack from Trump, who \u200bonce called her &#8220;garbage.&#8221;       During a \u200cspeech in Iowa on Tuesday, Trump said Omar did not love the United States.       &#8220;They have to show that they can love our country, they have to be proud,&#8221; Trump said \u200cwhen talking about immigrants. &#8220;Not l<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man charged at Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan \u200bOmar and sprayed a foul-smelling liquid on her during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday as she condemned the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota. 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